Lace



March' 17, 1925. 1,529,765 yl E. B-ENTE ET AL LACE Filed Deb. 27, 1922 lnrenars: Emz'lene, Paultaizlmann lorney. l

.Patented Mar. 17, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT-OFFICE.

EMIL :BENTE AND PAUL sTUHLivLANN, or RAHMEN, GERMANY, AssIGNoB-s To MAX HENKELs, or NEW YORK, N. Y. i

LACE.

Application ined December 27, 1922.

` To all whom t may concern:

u Be it known that we, EMrL BENTE and PAUL S'iUi-IIMANN, citizens of the German Empire, residing at Barmen, Germany, have invented certain new and useful4 Improvements in Lace, of which the following is a specification.

y Our invention relates to machine-braided lace of the type in which any desired patterns are formed by filling parts of the lacenet by arranging a group of threads in the longitudinal direction of the lace and leading another group of threads to and froA jacent longitudinal threads one crossing of threads always immediately followed by another. In consequence thereof the patterns, especially such of great extent, make a hard and monotonous impression. Furthermore the production of so-called covering or bodybearing patterns requires not only a large quantity of thread-material, but also much time.

In our new lace the patterns are also formed by filling parts of the lace-net by arranging a group of threads in the longitudinal direction of the lace and leading another group of threads to and fro in the transverse direction between said longitudinal threads, the filling threads thereby interlacing the longitudinal threads and crossing each other at intervals. In contradistinction to the known lace, however, the mutual .crossings of the filling threads are laterally displaced with respect to each other and to the longitudinal threads so that the filling threads at certain places pass the spaces between each two longitudinal threads without crossing one another, whereas at some places they cross each other between each two longitudinal threads once or even several times. In consequence of Serial No. 609,271.

the displacement of their mutual crossings and also of covering patterns, by filling parts of the lace-net is a more rapid one. while at the same time the quantity of thread-material required for producing any lesired pattern is smaller than in the known ace.

Our new lace is shown, by way of example, on the annexed drawing, in which- Fig. 1 represents a piece of lace in natural size,

Fig. 2 is a part of that lace drawn on a greatly enlarged scale, and

Fig. 3 is a part of the known lace of the kind referred to, drawn on the same scale as Fig. 2. l

' Referring firstV to Fig. 1 the lace shown comprises. a net-like ground-work A with irregularly shaped meshes. To this lace a pattern B having substantially the form of an octagonal ring is applied by filling certain parts of the lace-net in the following manner.

As illustrated in Fig. 2 a group of somewhat heavily tensioned braiding-threads al, a2, a3, a4 is conducted straight through in the longitudinal direction of the fabric. while a. second group of slightly tensioned threads b1, b2, b3, b4 is led to and fro in the transverse direction of the lace between said longitudinal threads al, a2, a3, at. The transverse threads (hereafter termed the filling threads) interlace with the longitudinal threads in a weave-like manner, furthermore they cross each other at intervals.

As far as above described the formation of the pattern is the same as in the known lace shown in Fig. 3. But there is a great difference in the arrangement of the crossing points of the filling threads. In the known lace (see Fig. 3) the filling threads b1, b2, b3, b4 cross each other in the middle between each two adjacent longitudinal threads a1', a?, a3.,

itween the long )itudinal threads al, a2, a3, a4

`are led in such ra manner thatfthe mutual crossings of 'said threads are laterally or transversally vdisplaced 'with respect `to vone another 'andto the longitudinal threads 61,

7b2, 553., b4. 'In the example shown Fig. '2, 'certainOf those crossings x `which inthe known Vlace `-`lie between thev longitudinal threads al, a2, for instance, levery third of lsaid 9crossings "(marked x1 in Fig. 25), Ais

`'I'Jlacedvnot in the `space between the -lthreads al, a?, I'inthe space between the threads a2, a3, :while Aat the same timeevery third of the crossings y (marked y1) is arranged in `the-spiace lbetween lthe threads as, a4 instead of between the threads` a2. a3. Finally, every lthird 'crossing a `(marked ai) is ytaken from the space between 'the *longitudinal threads a3, erfand placed on thefoutside of the thread a4. Y By these means the course ofthe lling threads within the filled part of the lace-net,

although regular, appears to be anfirregular rone. The threads al, a2, a3, a4, at certain places, lrun "parallel with Ieach other in the transverse direction of the fabric, while, at other spots, "they irun diagonally, thereby crossing each other once or several times.

Thus a vivid filling Aeven of extended ,parts of the lace1net is obtained. Atthe'f'same threads.

.rule be followed. state ,that our Ainvention is not limited tofthe exact lace illustrated on the drawing,=on the Y time the inconveniently large spaces between the crossingsy, y are avoided.

yOf course the crossings of the filling threads may be displaced at pleasure to the one or the-other side of the longitudinal Whereas in the upper andV in the middle filled part of Fig. 2 the crossings 3/1, m1 and el are moved downwardly, they are in the lower filled part of the same fig- -ure displaced upwardly. If desired certain crossings may also be transferred alternately,

to one or the other side. Furthermoreinstead of displacing :every .third ofthe crossings y and z,`respectively,'there may also another Therefore, 'we rwish :to

contrary many alterations -fand variations may :suggest themselves `to vthose skilled in ,the art without departing Vfrom A:the scope'of our yinvention as `pointediout in the claim.

Claim: y Ma-chine braided lace presenting fthe fap- -pearance of -hand made lace, Awhich coin- `prises warp vpillars Aof tightly itens'ioned f:threads interbiraided .with 'light .ftensioned threads, and ifilledfin spaces between said warp pillars, comprising transverse 4 interlaced threads of two ad] acent warp pillars,

L,the interlaced threads having irregular crossings infsaid spaces,`some of `these crossings being interlocked =w`1th the remaining ,pillar-s threads, and the remainder of the crossings being irregular ,disposed Vbetween V:the pillars.

'In :testimony Iwhereof we afiiXbur signa- `@tures in `presence of two witnesses.

:EMIL BENTE.

PAUL .SFUHLMAN1N- Witnesses z Fnrrz 'iK-normann, KaRL FRENCH. 

